---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 44104"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "44104"
heading: "Civil penalty"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/44104"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Regulation of Ocean Shipping"
  - "Part C — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 441 — Evidence of Financial Responsibility for Passenger Transportation"
---

# §44104. Civil penalty


A person that violates section [44102](/usc/46/44102.md) or [44103](/usc/46/44103.md) of this title is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000, plus $200 for each passage sold, to be assessed by the Federal Maritime [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1). The [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1) may remit or mitigate the penalty on terms the [Commission](/usc/46/42501.md?p=1) considers proper.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 7, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1555.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 44104 | 46 App.:817d(c). | Pub. L. 89–777, §§ 2(c), 3(c), Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1357. |
|  | 46 App.:817e(c). |  |